Rolled strip ticket dispenser



L. A. TORQSSI ROLLED STRIP TICKET DISPENSER Dec. 31, 1963 Filed Feb. 16, 1961 United States Patent 3,116,029 ROLLED STRIP TICKET DISPENSER Louis A. Torossi, 917 Banning St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, assignor of fifty percent to Ronald A. Ward, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Filed Feb. 16, 1961, Ser. No. 89,703 1 Claim. (Cl. 24255.3)

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in strip ticket dispensers.

It is well known that strip tickets formed in rolls are a common means for controlling admission to various functions and although automatic machines are in existence for the dispensing of such rolls, nevertheless these are far too expensive to be used by relatively small shows, circus exhibits and the like.

It is conceded that if the admission is light, and if there is only one price of ticket to be dispensed, then the roll can rest horizontally near the ticket seller so that the individual tickets can be torn therefrom as the sales occur.

However if the admissions are heavy and time is important, this method of dispensing roll strip tickets is most inconvenient as the outermost coils of the roll become detached from the roll thus making the dispensing of the individual tickets most diificult. This disadvantage is accentuated if there is more than one price of admission thus necessitating more than one roll to be handled by the ticket dispenser.

I have overcome these disadvantages by mounting the rolls of tickets upon a horizontal rod extending from a supporting surface and furthermore by providing a yoke shaped keeper sliding downwardly through the rod and spanning the ticket rolls thus preventing the outer coils from becoming disengaged and also maintaining the rolls in their desired spaced relationship along the rod.

The principal object and essence of my invention is therefore to provide a dispenser for roll type strip tickets which enables such tickets to be dispensed rapidly and easily.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character herewithin described which is particularly suitable for use when more than one roll of tickets is being dispensed at one time.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character herewithin described which includes keeper means not only to prevent the roll moving sideways upon the rod but also to prevent the outermost coils of the roll from becoming disengaged from the main roll.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a device of the character herewithin described which is extremely simple in construction, economical in manufacture, and otherwise well suited to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the foregoing objects in view, and such other objects and advantages as will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates as this specification proceeds, my invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts all as hereinafter more particularly described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of my device shown attached to a supporting surface.

3,116,029 Patented Dec. 31, 1963 ice FIGURE 2 is a side elevation of my device reduced in scale with respect to FIGURE 1.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

Proceeding therefore to describe my invention in detail, reference to the accompanying drawings will show that I have illustrated a portion of the inside of a ticket wicket consisting of a front wall 10 having a ticket window 11 and a horizontal supporting surface 12 level with the base of the ticket window under which the tickets and money are exchanged with the customers.

My device collectively designated 13 consists of a cylindrical rod 14 having a flange 15 formed upon one end thereof whereby the rod may be secured to the vertical front wall 10 of the wicket by means of screws 16 so that the rod 14 extends over the horizontal surface 12 parallel therewith and spaced above said horizontal surface.

This rod is adapted to receive various rolls of strip tickets such as a single roll 17 and a double roll 18.

Apertures 19 are formed vertically through the rod upon each side of the strips of tickets and a yoke 20 is adapted to engage these apertures.

The yoke 20 consists of a pair of spaced and parallel vertical legs 21 spanned by the transverse cross member 22 and it will be appreciated that the width of the yoke is substantially similar to the width of the roll of tickets with which it is to be used.

The legs 21 of the yoke are slipped over the sides of the roll and engage with the apertures 19 so that the transverse cross member 22 rests upon the outermost coil or periphery 23 of the roll and maintain this position as the roll is used due to the action of gravity.

A plate 24 spaced from the horizontal surface 12 by means of the tapered side members 25, is secured to the horizontal surface in front and parallel to the rod 14 and it is desirable that the free end 26 of the ticket roll is fed under this plate thus assisting in the dispensing of tickets from the rolls.

The aforementioned keepers or yokes 20 not only maintain the rolls of tickets in their desired relationship along the rod 14 but prevent the undesirable uncoiling of the outermost coils of tickets from the roll, a fault which is most prevalent when the free end 26 is pulled thus rotating the rolls upon the rod 14. Without the keeper or yoke 20, the roll would tend to overrun as the end was pulled thus uncoiling the outermost coils of tickets and completely spoiling the easy dispensation of tickets which is available through use of my invention.

Since various modifications can be made in my invention as hereinabove described, and many apparently widely different embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claim without departing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

A device for the assisting in the dispensing of rolled strip type tickets and the like and adapted to be situated above a horizontal surface, comprising in combination a cylindrical rod secured to a supporting surface and extending horizontally therefrom, said rod adapted to support, for free rotation thereon, at least one associated roll of strip tickets, said rod being situated above said horizontal supporting surface, and means on said horizontal surface in front of said roll of strip tickets cooperating with said roll of said strip tickets, and adapted to receive the free end of said roll thereunder, thereby holding said free end flat on said supporting surface, said means comprising a friction plate spaced slightly above said horizontal supporting surface, and means on said rod adapted to retain the outer peripheral strip of said roll in close contact with the remainder thereof and to retain said roll in the desired position upon said rod, said means comprising a U-shaped yoke, said yoke including a pair of spaced and parallel legs and a transverse portion extending between one end of each of said legs, a vertical aperture formed through said rod upon each side of said roll, the legs of said yoke sliding freely downwardly through said apertures whereby the transverse strap of said yoke rests on the outer perimeter of said roll and upon the upper side thereof.

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